Ritenour School District

Academic performance at most public schools has improved, but attendance is not back to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report from the Missouri Department of Secondary and Elementary Education.

According to Courage2Report, a Missouri statewide school safety initiative, there have already been 125 reported school violence tips between July and September — which is nearly as many as the number of tips reported in all of 2023.

There have been at least 20 threats since St. Louis Public Radio began keeping track about two weeks ago. They are taking a toll on area students, teachers and law enforcement.

Police arrested an unidentified juvenile Tuesday afternoon on gun charges after students reported an online threat made toward Ritenour High School.

At Ritenour High School, a program is encouraging former students to return as teachers.

English teacher Christina Andrade Melly is the second state teacher of the year from the Ritenour School District in the past few years.

A medida que las escuelas buscan soluciones creativas para ayudar a los estudiantes que están aprendiendo inglés, un distrito local está explorando un método de enseñanza que es popular en otras partes del país, pero que ha tardado en llegar a St. Louis.

As schools look for creative solutions to help students who are learning English, one local school district is exploring a teaching method that is popular in other parts of the country but has been slow to reach St. Louis.

During the pandemic, some school districts increased communications for families in languages other than English, and many plan to keep these new practices in place.

The Ritenour school district superintendent said he's seen stress levels higher than he's ever seen them in 22 years at the district.